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"She will be remembered as one of the giants of American higher education," said Peter Hans, current UNC System president and Board of Governors member, during Broad's tenure.
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Cooper announced the creation of the panel in early November, saying the Republican majority in the General Assembly has too much power over the UNC system's 17 institutions.
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The new funding model will base state funding for public universities in part on their ability to meet certain goals. Those metrics prioritize graduating more in-state students on time with less debt. University officials say they will face funding losses due to falling enrollment.
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Cooper made the announcement Tuesday morning from the Governor’s Mansion in Raleigh, flanked by two former UNC System presidents who will co-chair the Commission on the Future of Public Universities in North Carolina.
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The UNC System Board of Governors is debating policies that would dramatically change how North Carolina’s public universities are funded. They are moving to a performance-based model and might raise the cap on out-of-state students at five institutions.
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The UNC System is conducting a study to quantify its return-on-investment for students and the state, to comply with a provision in last year’s state budget.
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Enrollment at public teaching colleges in North Carolina dropped over the past decade. The NC Teaching Fellows loan-forgiveness program once attracted education majors to colleges across the state. After the General Assembly ended and then resurrected the program, some participating schools are now seeing a rebound.
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All historically Black colleges and universities in the UNC System have used federal COVID relief funds to offer free summer school to at least some students in recent years.
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The state budget law requires the UNC System staff to move from Chapel Hill to Raleigh by the end of this year at a cost of $15 million over four years. Lawmakers tucked the plan into the final budget bill without public discussion.
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The court said Monday it'll take up lawsuits claiming Harvard, a private institution, and the University of North Carolina, a state school, discriminate against Asian American applicants. A decision against the schools could mean the end of affirmative action in admissions.